PHP Mapscript getLayerByName

[Godwin, Elizabeth]

Hi,

That's fine for me for now. Thanks!  I keep forgetting about using "@".

Cheers,

Liz

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yewondwossen Assefa [mailto:assefa at dmsolutions.ca] 
> Sent: January 28, 2005 10:16 AM
> To: Godwin, Elizabeth
> Cc: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
> Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] PHP Mapscript getLayerByName
> 
> 
> Hi There,
> 
>   The php waring generated can be supressed using a @ (something like 
> @$oLayer = $oMap->getLayerByName("notvalidlayer");) and then you can 
> validate the value of $oLayer.   Is this accepatable ?
> 
>   In my opnion, the default behaviour of generating a php 
> waring is ok 
> since It can be suppressed for those would do not want the 
> warnings. I 
> agree It should make it to the docs but I guess most (maybe 
> all) of the 
> wranings gnerated are not documented so If it is done It must be done 
> for all. Another point is that we haven't be very consistent 
> or defined 
> a clear guide line on what type of error a function is 
> suppose to return 
>    for diffrent scenarios. There is a need to revisit this at 
> one point 
> and have the warings/erros consistent through all the 
> mapscript flavors 
> but then again It is a long process to pass through all the functions.
> 
> I have updated bug 1184 with this info.
> 
> Later,
> 
> 
> Godwin, Elizabeth wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> >  
> > I've been trying to use getLayerByName function and it's returning a
> > warning when I use it.  I just want to verify if I am doing 
> something 
> > wrong, before I file a bug, if it's a bug.  I've tried this on 4.2, 
> > 4.4 and CVS from a week ago, all yield the same warning.
> >  
> >  From what I understand, the function returns the layer object if it
> > finds the layer, and FALSE if it doesn't.  I'm getting 
> FALSE *AND* a 
> > warning message.
> >  
> > _code snippit:_
> >  
> > //returns the layer object ok.
> > $oLayer = $oMap->getLayerByName("validlayername");
> >  
> > //retuns FALSE and error
> > $oLayer = $oMap->getLayerByName("notvalidlayer");
> >  
> >  *Warning*: getLayerByName failed for : notvalidlayer in ...
> >  
> > Thanks,
> >  
> > Liz Godwin
> 
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